David Shapiro, Ph.D., discusses the close relationship that students share with their professors and supervisors. He also discusses his interest in the legal system and ongoing projects within the jail setting.
Dr. Shapiro has a somewhat different approach to assessment. He asks, why is risk assessment relevant to the issues involved in court evaluations? Well, we are talking about not only domestic violence, but who is it that perpetrates domestic violence? Is there a way of identifying those who will perpetrate domestic violence in the future? This is the whole area…
Professor David Shapiro, Ph.D., introduces course PSY 0904: Ethical Concerns & Multicultural Issues in Forensic Psychology.
Dr. Shapiro discusses tip for predicting violence, risk assessments between mental illness and violence during his breakout session at Nova Southeastern University Jacksonville’ s Forensic Psychology Day.
“I would like to say that your presentation went way beyond my expectations and, for that matter, beyond my experience in many other courses I’ve taken in the past. The course often gets taught by psychologists and/or lawyers who represent Risk Mgmt with messages of fear that have more to do with helping clinicians avoid problems rather than being a…
Within the past several years there has been an increased emphasis on how complex systems may contribute to diagnostic and treatment failures. When some tragedy occurs such as suicide or violent behavior, the tendency is to pick someone out as a scapegoat. Root Cause analysis seeks to avoid this scapegoating by analyzing the system failures that lead to these unfortunate…
Mental health professionals are affected by the fact that we live in an age of litigation; if clients are dissatisfied with the outcome of an evaluation or treatment, they may file an ethics complaint or a lawsuit with increased frequency compared to the past. Malpractice insurance premiums have increased by more than a factor of 10 over the past few…
The ability to predict future violent behavior has long been an issue for mental health professionals. Initially, it was merely assumed that we could make such predictions accurately based on our clinical skills alone. Many decisions in the judicial system hinge on an accurate assessment of violence, such as bond, probation, and parole decisions, commitment to and release from psychiatric…